Status:

WITHDRAWN

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage II, Stage IIIA, Stage IIIB, or Stage IVA Liver Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Liver Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from DNA and a gene-modified virus may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Giving booster vaccinations may make a stronger immune response and prevent ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the dose-limiting toxicity and maximum tolerated dose of adjuvant vaccination comprising alpha fetoprotein (AFP) plasmid DNA and sargramostim (GM-CSF) plasmid DNA fol...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Stage II-IVA disease
  • No active disease after local or regional therapy (e.g., surgical resection, radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, or ethanol injection)
  • Serum alpha fetoprotein \> upper limit of normal
  • HLA-A\*0201 positive by DNA subtyping
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • Over 18
  • Performance status
  • Karnofsky 70-100%
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Hemoglobin \> 9.0 g/dL (transfusion independent)
  • Platelet count \> 50,000/mm\^3
  • Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,000/mm\^3
  • Hepatic
  • Child Pugh class A or B liver function
  • Hepatitis B or C viral infection allowed
  • Renal
  • Not specified
  • Cardiovascular
  • No New York Heart Association class III or IV cardiac insufficiency
  • No coronary artery disease
  • Immunologic
  • HIV negative
  • No other acute viral, bacterial, or fungal infection requiring therapy
  • No allergy to study agents
  • No history of opportunistic infection
  • No high serum titer of neutralizing anti-adenoviral antibodies
  • No congenital or acquired condition resulting in an inability to generate an immune response
  • Other
  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective double-method (including a barrier method) contraception
  • No other condition that would preclude study participation
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Not specified
  • Chemotherapy
  • At least 30 days since prior chemotherapy
  • No concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy
  • At least 30 days since prior steroid therapy
  • No concurrent steroid therapy, including corticosteroids
  • Radiotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Surgery
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior organ allograft
  • Other
  • At least 2 weeks since prior therapy for acute infection
  • No concurrent immunosuppressive therapy
  • No concurrent cyclosporine

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00093548

    Last Update

    October 4 2012

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